Roundup: Man Drops Pants Then Gets Tasered by Police, Dumb & Dumber-The Shining Mash Up & Pete Rose is in a Bizarre Furniture Ad
Ashley Benson of Spring Breakers, which everyone is seeing this weekend … the Boston Phoenix has closed … Ashley Tisdale seems to be enjoying life … Doritos Locos were a huge job creator … here are 15 delightful GIFs of Olivia Wilde … viewers seem to be growing tired of Matt Lauer … tremendous reporter Charlie LeDuff allegedly got drunk and bit a bouncer’s finger … Miley Cyrus may or may not have called off her engagement …
Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin is not happy with the breakup of the Big East. [Local 12]
Thad Matta: “I think Victor Oladipo is a tremendous, outstanding, awesome defender, one of the best I’ve ever seen. But Aaron Craft is in a whole ‘nother world when it comes to defense.” [Dispatch]
Very cool story – Houston Astros pitcher grew up with his mom coaching his Little League team. [Ultimate Astros]
Bill Simmons was right! National TV Rondo exists! [Harvard Sports Analysis]
“Some Maryland lawmakers want to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana to save money.” [WJLA 7]
Matt Cassel is either going to compete with Christian Ponder in Minnesota, or back him up. [Pioneer Press]
A Q&A with embattled NCAA investigators. [USA Today Sports]
One of the best Padres pitching prospects sounds like he may have a major elbow issue. [MLB.com]
More on college basketball’s “scoring decline.” [TIME]
Where’s that sarcasm font … in a surprise, the Dominican Republic is in the World Baseball Classic Championship round. [Palm Beach Post]
I assume at least a couple of you like Squash. Right? [WSJ]
The SEC is launching a TV channel in April. [Forde]
Stats and how they could pertain to the college football playoff. [SI]
Columnist makes it sound like the Bucs trade for Revis isn’t close to happening. [Tampa Bay Times]
The Shining Meets Dumb and Dumber. Well, one scene, at least. [via Adam]
Deranged dude cursing drops his pants (yup, there’s nudity) and then the cops taser him. They either miss the first time, or he absorbs it; the second time, he falls like a statue.
How did this Fox TV station celebrate women’s day? By showing just one portion of a woman’s body. Come on. [via DJ]
Pete Rose starred in this local furniture ad last month. [via With Leather]
According to this weatherman, “Huge Anus” turned 10. Somebody got pranked. [via Cartmaniak]
- LeBron James’ Game-Winning Lay Up at the Buzzer in Overtime While Roy Hibbert Sat on the Bench [Video]
- Paul George Hit a Ridiculous 3 to Send it Into Overtime After Throwing the Ball Away Moments Earlier [Video]
- Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- Shane Battier Kneed Roy Hibbert in the Balls [Video]
- Chuck Norris Wants a NFL Team to Sign Tim Tebow Because He is a Winner Like Chuck Norris
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- A.P. on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- resolutedefense on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
- A.P. on Paul George Wore Aqua Pants and a Green, Amoeba-Pattered Dress Shirt to Game 1 in Miami
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March 15th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Smart.
To think these fuckers will only get like 5 years because they’re being tried as juveniles.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
Hugh Jainus.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
Nice to see Pete Rose back on top.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
You can hear the disgust from that b-roll in the anchor’s voice. Can’t say I blame her.
Props to them having a good time with getting punked.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:57 AM
Mick Cronin
He totally stole this name from some dude in some regional wrastlin’ circuit.
March 15th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
I can’t wrap my head around how much I hate those fucking kids that did that stuff to that girl.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
i wish i played more…fun as shit. interesting article, but it is a little disconcerting to hear about kids ignoring school and shit for squash. it’s not like there’s a financial windfall down the line on the professional squash tour or even giving squash lessons like with golf or tennis.
and ill never get tired of watching rich kids snobbishly rub it in the face of the losers, tho if i were on the receiving end of that, im not sure itd be as much fun.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Same here. I also want the parents to be beaten with a rubber hose. In my opinion they’re just as much to blame. What the fuck is wrong with you as a parent that your son thought this was even remotely acceptable? Fuck all of them. That entire town disgusts me.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
Fuck him. Oladipo is the man.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
Maybe it’s because I’m re-watching Game of Thrones, but when you said rich kids being snobs all I could think about was Joffrey.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
File under “only four of you care,” but Juventus-Bayern Munich and Barcelona-PSG are the glamor matchups in the Champions League quarters. Madrid and Dortmund should make it through the other side.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
It opens on three screens before going to all of 600 next weekend.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
You cannot have been serious with this statement.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
it’s not like there’s a financial windfall down the line on the professional squash tour or even giving squash lessons like with golf or tennis.
If only some rich heir had tried to start a jai lai league at Madison Square Garden
March 15th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
This movie is running at 74 on Rotten Tomatoes. Most shocking score in recent history.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Fuck Joffrey. His character is so loathsome that if I met the actor in real life, no matter how nice he might be, I would still kick his ass.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Really? PSU all over again, huh? Stubenville has a culture problem, is that it? There are people capable of these acts in every American town. Pretending otherwise is beyond absurd.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Badminton > racquetball > squash
March 15th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Fast Five in the 80s is the all timer.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
objectifying women is much bigger than what parents are teaching at home. It’s everywhere including here.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
This is from the same dude who said “Party in the USA” was his summer anthem.
Did I say it could only happen in Steubenville? Lemme check real quick. Nope. Never said that. But I did say that entire town disgusts me, and it does.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
You can hear the disgust in the newswoman’s voice as they’re playing that video.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Why do I get the feeling that the next generation of TBL commentators will use this movie like we currently use Mean Girls?
Vanessa Hudgens>Ashley Benson>Selena Gomez>other chicks in movie.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
The guy who plays the role – Jack Gleeson – told an interviewer once that people will glare at him in the streets and shit. He’s apparently a very nice guy, and it’s a shame that his acting isn’t often singled out because he really does an awesome job making you hate him.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
No excuses for the “big 4″ that are left. Should be Spain-Germany semifinals.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
you can put me down as a fan of Ms. Tisdale
March 15th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
paddle tennis > Badminton > racquetball > squash
March 15th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Why does the town disgust you? If I lived there and had to deal listen to the media paint my town as a cesspool, I’d probably be a little pissed off, too. Some dumb kids did a bad thing and should be punished. Stubenville is just the place where they lived, not the reason they committed an act.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
No really shocking. I expect the movie to be entertaining. Harmony Korine makes some pretty weird shit.
Well, true, but I’m not sure your comparison works. But Party In The USA was a big hit. Spring Breakers certainly will not be — and it certainly isn’t aimed toward the same crowd as a Miley Cyrus song.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Racquetball is fantastic.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
WhirlyBall > Badminton > Racquetball > Squash
March 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Same here. I also want the parents to be beaten with a rubber hose. In my opinion they’re just as much to blame. What the fuck is wrong with you as a parent that your son thought this was even remotely acceptable? Fuck all of them. That entire town disgusts me.
i am late on this, but what did these kids do? I have read the coverage of the trial this week, and all i can find is “digitally penetrated”, and i have no idea what that is.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
I used to play A LOT of racquetball. I miss it.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
Agreed that it should be in the 90s instead. Long live The Rock.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
I was just saying that his taste in entertainment is strange from time to time.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Pittsburgh people; any recommendations on places to grab a few drinks before the penguins game on Sunday?
March 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Don’t pretend like you don’t understand the overall point that people being protected because of the importance of football isn’t a real thing and didn’t play a role in both incidents.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:17 AM
you can put me down as a fan of Ms. Tisdale
BIG fan of hers. BIG fan.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
This is awesome. Lot of respect for Redick here.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
I’m shocked that this guy would think that.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
They took a chick who was either drunk as fuck or drugged and finger raped her, tried to get her to blow them (all while she was basically passed out) and then took photos of her while one kid may have jerked off on her. They then took photos and videos and mocked her and all of that crap. They then bragged about it and sent photos and videos to all of their friends (read: idiots) and there is some thought that the high school football coach and the cops tried to keep the investigation from getting off of the ground. Dan Wetzel has done great work covering it.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Wander East from Mellon Arena half a mile, I’m sure you’ll be offered, umm, something.
/snickers
March 15th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Are you staying in the city the night before? If so what area. Otherwise I would suggest Excuses on the South Side, 26th and Carson Street, easy shot over the Birmingham Bridge and down Fifth to CONSOL.
Where you sitting? I’m going, section 207 woo.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Yeah MLK park is lovely this time of year.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
wow. thats pretty sorry.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
I care, I have Barca in a Champions League pool. Messi has the Pope on his side now
March 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
I hated his punk ass in college, but I respect his NBA game. He went from the BMOC getting all of the shots to a hard worker who plays D. That’s cool.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
Also I don’t think I will ever see a James Franco movie again.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
I could easily see Drogba firing Gala through. Sergio Ramos trying to mark him out of a game on the counter? HILARIOUS
March 15th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
He gets a lifetime pass from me for Freaks and Geeks.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
I highly suggest Bar 11 late Saturday night if extremely dark and dirty bars are your thing. It sure is for me.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
This sounds like a better movie than Spring Breakers.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Pittsburgh is kind of weird (and it has changed a little bit recently), but the city is very de-centralized.
They make the big deal about having the arena in the city, but all the going-out/bar places are across the rivers to the North, East, South, or through the ghetto (Oakland). There really isn’t much downtown except businesses and people smoking and talking on their cell phones and jaywalking.
/I got the impression that is sort-of changing though
March 15th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
I would love to see The Special One get dumped again. Especially by a Turkish side. I think Madrid wins the whole thing though. Barca’s defense is crap, so if they get past PSG I see either of their potential matchups putting up goals. I also think the tide has turned in the Classico battle with Madrid holding the better position.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:26 AM
I’m indifferent towards Duke so I never understood the hatred he got from fans, but agreed on his NBA game. Be shocked if the Bucks were able to resign him.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
They’re trying to open up more condos and stuff in the downtown so that more people will want to live there but yeah so much of the stuff closes at five. It’s not that big of a deal though I mean the Strip District, South Side, and Lawrenceville are all connected to downtown anyway.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
This one was better, it is about a month old, happened in Atlanta. The guard finally tasers this stupid ass woman at the 3:00 mark.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Pete Campbell would love for the opportunity to promote your jai lai league.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
No one was protected here because of football. A crime took place, the culprits were arrested, and now there is a trial. How is it any different if the kids play soccer or squash or sing in the glee club?
A band in Florida fucking KILLED someone in a hazing incident and I don’t see reporters living in their town. It’s only this big of a case because football is involved, and football = pageviews.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Because he was a cocky asshole in college. He has even admitted to that. He could shoot the shit out of the ball though. Still dont like him.
/UNC fan
March 15th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
Leaving about 6am Sunday morning…not sure where we are sitting yet, haven’t seen the seats. I’m assuming they are going to be pretty decent (given to my friend from a supplier).
Thanks for those suggestions mole, we’ll check those places out. Assuming it will be pretty nuts for St. Patricks in the steel city
March 15th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
james franco in pineapple express earned him a lifetime of goodwill in my eyes.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Oh, I forgot the Strip.
Flashing back to the marathon, and mile 24 running down Liberty Ave in the brutal sun. That was enough Strip District for me.
Don’t think I’ve ever been out in Lawrenceville, except to get my hair cut and adjust my blood-cannoli levels.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Perhaps I was a tad bit overconfident before the second Bayern-Arsenal game. But I’m sure Bayern were looking forward to next round. They’ll be fine against Juve.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
No point in absorbing it if you can’t fire it back at him like Bishop
March 15th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Holy fuck that video makes me sick. Those “women” are exactly what normal ATL residents hate. How fucking awful was that? Those kids have no chance at being anything other than thugs with parents like that.
/I also laughed out loud when she fell like a statue
March 15th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
You, my friend, are a fucking idiot. This is just like Penn State, and football has everything to do with the story. These slimy pieces of shit were protected due to their football ties. I hope the entire town burns to the ground.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
I think Franco is mostly terrible — hes not an actor, he’s a guy who is OK when a role calls for him to play himself — but apparently he’s the only worthwhile part of Spring Breakers.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
That’s one way of looking at it.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Yeah I love that movie, but in the last few years he’s taken such an unlikeable film-major dickbag turn that I just cannot stand looking at his face. He’s going to be one of those guys who talks about “the craft” nonstop.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Amazing that there isn’t more coverage of this event. I guess USA Today can’t afford another Duffy who actually likes baseball.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Everyone involved is on trial and will likely see jail, yet they were protected. Gotcha.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
If that is the case, we are all better for it.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
That movie slays me. He NAILS his character. And the Bill Heder opening scene is so damn funny.
I’d love 4-5 posts on the most contrived competition in sports.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
I would hope so, Neve Campbell was in her prime
March 15th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
/runs down court after making 3 with hand still in the air.
JJ Reddick was great in college.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
If you read up on it, there are several people who think many other kids (who stood by and did nothing) should be charged yet weren’t. If you think only 2 people were responsible for this entire incident I think that’s being a bit lazy.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Seems like quite a few dudes I know play this, usually at a club. Apparently it’s a great workout, but I don’t know what it involves.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
The champions league?
March 15th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Speaking of Pineapple Express, Franco doesn’t annoy me half as much as Seth Rogen. Talk about a guy who plays the same part in every movie and is annoying as heck in each one.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
So you haven’t followed the case at all then, got it.
You wouldn’t have this opinion were Sandusky not at PSU, of this I am certain.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:40 AM
When he was a senior, SI had an article on JJ Reddick at the start of the season, the author wrote how he carried the crown of being the Duke player who was cussed out the most by other fans, from Ferry-Laettner-Hurley-Parks….
And Kryzewsski (sic) goes yeah that’s true but Laettner took twice as much shit as any of those guys.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Every bowl game gets a post here, I think that’s enough
March 15th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
Yes. I cannot stand this “woman, so-called mother”. Her kids have no chance. She was charged with criminal trespass, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and simple battery. There was a fundraiser for the guard who tased her to get him some more equipment. He was on WSB in the paper, everything. Dude is a local hero. He kept calm and warned her over and over.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
you guys would save time if you just listed the handful of actors who are versatile and DONT play the same part every time.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
You really dont think those other kids were given a deal?
March 15th, 2013 at 9:43 AM
Pirlo really scares me. He truly plays liquid football.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
Fuck this whole town I hope it burns to the ground.
– Husker
March 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
queefer is the white darrell.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
More people watch the Final of that than the Super Bowl, but sure. I’m sure we all care about the little baseball thing that so many of the stars choose not to play in.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
Ritty – why should there be more coverage of the event?
NFL Free agency & NCAA tournament much more interesting.
Trust me, if people clicked on WBC stuff (outside of the fight) we’d be posting on it.
And yes, that opens up the “so you only post about what will get clicks” discussion, but at the root, everyone is running a business. We do some MLB. We do some hockey.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
it already did.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
For the record though I don’t think Steubenville is “another PSU.” It is however another “town showers adulation on athletes who become gods and feel they are bulletproof and whenever they happen to get caught the victim is the one who gets blamed” incidents.
Nobody gives a shit about FAMU because it’s a black school, nobody is selling that as a national story, but it’s just about as close to kids being powerful because of sports as anything else.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
… I could have phrased that better.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
Uncorrupted and unbeholden, folks
March 15th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
It’s rumored that M. M. O’Shaughnessy designed the first one – the guy who, uh, designed the Golden Gate Bridge. My second favorite civil engineer behind Hannskarl Bandel:
March 15th, 2013 at 9:47 AM
As Mole said, I don’t think you’ve read up on the trial very much.
Bingo. It would be fun to see which of them could choose the dissenting opinion first. It would be like those old cartoons when Elmer Fudd would say “no” over and over when arguing with Buggs until Buggs began saying no so Fudd would then say yes. I picture it going down like that.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
I’m all for dogging your attitude toward baseball but there is zero reason anyone should give a shit about the WBC. It’s a few steps lower than the FIBA World Cup.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
So what’s going on this weekend?
March 15th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Winner.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Queefer is taking a long weekend to Steubenville. The people are just so friendly!!
March 15th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Huge baseball guy, but the WBC does nothing for me.
There’s a low correlation between comments and pageviews, probably. Do they baseball posts here do significantly worse than basketball posts?
March 15th, 2013 at 9:50 AM
Tavistock Cup!
March 15th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Harsh.
People don’t give a shit about FAMU because it’s a band. Be honest. It’s a band. Dan Wetzel isn’t there talking about culture problems because bands don’t have the same interest as football. “Small rust-belt town protects football team” is also a much more familiar, American narrative to sell than “some black kids beat and killed a trumpet player.”
Everyone involved in this will be punished as they should be. Stubenville isn’t the only place where this can or will happen (shit, you’re as familiar with PA small towns as I am). It doesn’t have a culture problem. It just a town like any other that happens to have a few kids get caught doing something horrible.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:53 AM
So what’s going on this weekend?
st paddys on greenville, of course.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:53 AM
See the thing here is he were “corrupted” he would be covering the SHIT out of baseball given all the deals USA Today has with MLB now. USA Today has always covered it heavily, it’s the favorite sport of traveling white guys staying in shitty hotels.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
I just like giving TBL shit for that silly tag line, mole. It’s like bringing up the Sports Guy cartoon to Bill Simmons, or the XFL to Vince McMahon.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
I think the FAMU shit got plenty of attention. I don’t recall there being a contrived coverup of the crime itself, just exposed a hazing tradition that a lot of people didnt think happens in bands. PSU and to a smaller extent Steubenville rape have had more legs b/c of the star power at PSU, and some dodgy and illegal work by people in high places. Steubenville is being treated in some places as “the next Penn State” b/c of the players being in football, but I think it’s really a story of fucked up small town bullshit that happens in all 50 states. Yeah I know there is some clear links to the football team and the police and that has a role but I think stepping back, it’s really more the fucked up small town insulation mentality that needs viewing, football is just an ancillary piece of that insulation. There’s a lot of dynamics in play in the Steubenville case for sure.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
WhirlyBall > Badminton > Racquetball > Squash
truth. Whirlyball is so much fun.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
I would argue it does have a culture problem but that the cultural problem is in no way localized.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:54 AM
I feel the same way. Watched the first 6 innings of the Dom Rep/USA game last night and just wasn’t compelled to watch the whole game.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
I’m going to go see Spring Breakers
/ says no one
March 15th, 2013 at 9:55 AM
This might be the most true statement Mole has ever made. Bravo.
That’s one way of looking at it.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Yeah I don’t think it matters that it’s football. If it weren’t football it would be something else that people in shitholes would raise to the level of deities and let do whatever the fuck they want. Basketball, soccer, priests raping little boys, whatever the situation may be.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
What is the dissenting opinion, that the entire town isn’t a shithole? Yeah, I’m fine with holding that opinion.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
This story got some national attention. A college student died from hazing, and throw in the element that he was gay (and black, as Cowboy pointed out). The band was suspended, members were just charged with manslaughter a few days ago.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:58 AM
betting on lots of horses tomorrow.
March 15th, 2013 at 9:59 AM
I was thinking the same thing. While TBL may not have covered this that much, CNN, AJC, NYT et.al. covered it quite a bit.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
Yeah it did get some attention I just mean what Queefer is saying about it not being the focus of a huge cultural debate like Stuebenville, even though the crime committed had much graver results (down tell Jezebel I said that).
March 15th, 2013 at 10:00 AM
ESPN did a big “investigative” story on it. Think it was Outside The Lines.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
I don’t think it’s isolated to “shithole” towns. Cleveland (insert Cleveland is a shithole town joke)has a very 2 very prominent private HS called St. Ignatius and St. Ed’s and you can bet, if you play football, basketball, or even wrestle you think you can do whatever you want with little consequence
March 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
SQUASH!?!?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Great video lineup! Don’t miss the dashcams one bit!
March 15th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Agree with all of this. I still believe the media is creating narratives about Stubenville simply because it’s football, though, and we have a unique connection to small-town football.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
betting on lots of horses tomorrow
Oh yeah? So you’re betting on Katherine Webb to win the splash competition I see.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:02 AM
So the media are the ones threatening the girl’s family because they cost the team their star players for the year and the media are the ones getting the head-coach to publicly threaten other members of the media for investigating the story?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
LAKE NONA!
March 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Cleveland is a shithole.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
The piece that Wetzel wrote where he was talking to people in that bar in Steubenville immediately reminded me of the bar scenes in “All the Right Moves”.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
from what I’ve read, I’m confident many people living there would disagree with your dissenting opinion.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Hey, it’s the opening voiceover to every movie about high school football
March 15th, 2013 at 10:04 AM
Steubenville has a cultural problem. Comparing it to Penn State is intellectual laziness. FAMU has become a national story, but the reality is, it involved the band, which is going to carry less cache than a football team, and also makes it more difficult to run with the glorification of athletes narrative that people attempt to fit into all of these stories. Some of this anti athlete outrage reads like a teen movie cliche
March 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Fucking Ebony and Ivory in this bitch.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Yeah yeah I know. I just don’t really ‘get’ all the different cups and second place cups and tourneys for the ones who almost but didn’t make the bigger tourneys but still want revenue. Soccer in general just strikes me as an overhyped money-making scheme.
Maybe not to WBC extent or bowl-game extent…
March 15th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Oh yeah? So you’re betting on Katherine Webb to win the splash competition I see.
Yes!
March 15th, 2013 at 10:07 AM
FUCK YOU. ISLEWORTH FOR LIFE, SON.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Cleveland (insert Cleveland is a shithole town joke)has a very 2 very prominent private HS called St. Ignatius and St. Ed’s and you can bet,
No way and I speak from experience. I cant speak to Eds football but I have personal friends in both athletic depts. But to say things couldnt happen anywhere I would agree. I know they’ve thrown kids off teams right before state tourneys.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
It was covered, though not to the extent this is. I guess what I’m saying is that only football raises culture questions, and I’m not really sure why.
What happened in Stubenville is more a result of American culture, not a football culture. These kids didn’t rape a girl because they played football. They raped a girl (and/or failed to prevent a rape) because their morals are lacking. That’s an increasingly American problem, not a football-specific one.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, etc = different conferences
Champions League = NCAA Tournament
Europa League = NIT
There. You get it now.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:10 AM
The Faculty was on tv a few days ago. I always stop there for a few minutes when I see it on the guide for some reason.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:10 AM
Man now we’re even outsourcing our rape culture to India.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:11 AM
The media is taking the crazy reactions of a few people and projecting those acts onto the entire town. Again, there are nutters in every small town who would react like this in a similar situation.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Because it’s the most popular sport in the country and most media is dying so framing something through the most relatable lens for the average American viewer is the most likely way to garner attention?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
don’t forget about lacrosse. lots of cultural questions with lacrosse.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Not everyone got the cultural reference in Amber Lynn’s new film, but everyone tuned in.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:13 AM
If I pretend I understand and appreciate the beauty, do you promise not to make me watch?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
For instance “does the Roman Numeral in your name indicate a familial name or is it a tally for the number of rapes you’ve committed this season?”
March 15th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Steubenville has a cultural problem.
I have friends and family from in a few broken down manufacturing and rust belt towns. The issue I think that sets Steubenville apart is clearly the police department and local judges are corrupt motherfuckers. Yeah Yahoo does a story where nobody wants to say shit or be identified, yeah BECAUSE YOU ARE DEADEND STUCK IN A SMALL TOWN WITH FUCKED UP POLICE. Now reading some of the wiki sites, lots of dumbshit locals no doubt but I still hesitate to label a whole town.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
OK fine, but don’t condemn entire small towns for pageviews/dollars, which is my original point. I hoped the media would have learning something from PSU, but I guess not.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
I love soccer and I love watching it but I will never be one of those people that tells other people they need to watch it. That’s what MLS fans are for, also that’s why MLS fans are abhorrent sacks of shit.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
I am dark and you are light, YOU ARE BLIND AS A BAT AND I HAVE SIGHT, side by side you are my amigo, negro, lets not fiiiight
March 15th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Actually, I take that back: the media learned plenty from PSU. They learned how to frame stories to make money.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
wait…what would they have learned from PSU?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
You mean the media that condemns the beatification of young athletes yet peddles the rankings of juniors in high school doesn’t have a consistent moral compass despite constant reminders of where they’ve fucked up?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
Apparently if you are American soccer fan who don’t watch MLS, you are one of history’s greatest monster.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:17 AM
i dont even know the real lyrics anymore thanks to eddie murphy and phil hartman.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
This is exactly what I think of when I hear ebony and ivory
March 15th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Ah yes. I remember those fruitful days 7-8 years ago when I’d get down to the Office Depot parking lot at 530am with a grill, a handle of Makers, and a 12-pk of Coke. And I’d be obliterated by 1pm at Chuy’s off Knox eating queso by hand.
I wish I could do it all over again tomorrow.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
There were no cultural issues in the Duke Lacrosse case, none at all.
/heavy dose of sarcasm
March 15th, 2013 at 10:19 AM
He and Rizzo were the centerpieces of the Adrian Gonzalez trade. He was probably the highest ceiling SP in the Red Sox system, and flashed as an ace at AA (?) before getting rushed, and then apparently injured. And Rizzo looks like a future stud for the Cubs, and was traded for a future RP. How Pirates-esque of the Padres.
And the Red Sox somehow turned Gonzalez and two messes of contracts into two SP prospects (hello, Allen Webster, with three potential plus pitches and a 97 mph sinking fastball) who have made the Boston media repeatedly orgasm this Spring.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
March 15th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
I haven’t been to the horse track in ages. A buddy would always collect the throwaway tickets so he could claim them as gambling losses to the IRS. Another buddy would always bet on the horse that shit first out in the parade area before the race.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Ha. I’ll watch it now and then, but it just doesn’t suck me in the way it does a lot of people.
Then again, I rarely watch hockey/baseball unless it’s ‘my’ teams, and I don’t have a soccer team. I generally don’t watch much of the World Series if the Red Sox aren’t in it.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
I liked Hartman’s Sinatra. “You don’t scare me. I’ve got chunks of guys like you in my stool!”
March 15th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
I must admit the reports about Webster have me a bit excited myself.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Ah yes. I remember those fruitful days 7-8 years ago when I’d get down to the Office Depot parking lot at 530am with a grill, a handle of Makers, and a 12-pk of Coke. And I’d be obliterated by 1pm at Chuy’s off Knox eating queso by hand.
i dont stress about making it down there anymore, but if it works out i do, and it worked out this year. we have a good system- get to stans by 9, drink in the street until it gets too crowded at 2, then leave and go to the bars in east dallas. depending on what is going on, shut it down about 8.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Me too. How pissed must Theo Epstein be that Dempster rejected the trade to the Dodgers? I believe Webster was the rumored return.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
Those dudes had an opportunity to help out a young lady who was in a vulnerable state, instead they chose to take advantage of her. The young lady had an opportunity to go out and enjoy a party, instead she chose to place herself in a vulnerable position with guys she may or may not have known. Other kids had the opportunity to help the girl out, but instead they laughed at and ridiculed her. An older kid, from his college dormitory room, had the opportunity to report what he heard, or at the very least school those younger than him on the wrong that they’ve done, but instead he glorifies it to the next level. Steubenville has a cultural problem. It begins with it being a dying town with no sense of it’s worth as a whole. When a community has no sense of value as a collective, it will eventually permeate to the individuals. So, America will take the opportunity to turn up it’s nose at Steubenville, because that’s what we do. It’s always them and not us. This just means that Steubenville is on an accelerated path to where we’re all headed.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
I have buddy who applied this philosophy at the dog track. Based on what I have seen, there is no direct link between defecating and winning.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:27 AM
I heard a ceiling of #3 SP, because of command issues last year. Assuming it’s not a Red Sox media version of “He cured his diabetes, his stats are legit” to increase trade value I think the few delivery tweaks really bumped up his projection. Gained a few mph, which lets him pitch in the plate, and had like 14K:1BB this Spring.
De La Rosa has flashed plus mostly, but his last outing showed he can lose his command, and why he may not end up a SP long-term (though why anyone sees a pitcher who randomly loses the ability to throw strikes and thinks “closer” is beyond me)
March 15th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
Webster does have a career BB/9 above 4 though, so gotta see if it’s a long-term fix. Which if it was, who the fuck has been the LAD pitching coach who just let it go forever.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
How far east? Vickery Park east, or Cosmo’s/Molly Maguire’s east?
March 15th, 2013 at 10:33 AM
Good post, although I lean more toward the idea that we’re already there, not merely on the road. That’s part of the reason I have such a problem with Stubenville’s portrayal. Its the hypocrisy. This could happen anywhere, and if/when it does, a lot of the same people throwing stones will be whining that the media is out of control.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:36 AM
So outrageous to hate kids who rape a chick, film it and then mock her afterwards. OUTRAGE!!
March 15th, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Why the surprise? Fox News always features boobs.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:41 AM
I agree with this. But what I’m saying (as well as many others) is that due to their ties with the football team (it could have been any sport, but it happens to be football here) several of these kids who are culpable are going to get off because the people who run the town want it that way to preserve the one shining light in an otherwise dark place.
Wait…what? A girl is raped and treated like a prop and people will blame the media? I mean, I know we blame the media for everything, so you might be right that there will be people who do that, but they’ll be fucking idiots for doing so.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:41 AM
How far east? Vickery Park east, or Cosmo’s/Molly Maguire’s east?
both. we usually will stop by corner bar, capital pub and end up at cosmos. molly maguires is now mecca, surprisingly enough.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:41 AM
It’s always them and not us. This just means that Steubenville is on an accelerated path to where we’re all headed.
well said
March 15th, 2013 at 10:42 AM
we usually go about once a year, and it’s always a total shit show. apparently they are opening the infield tomorrow as well, and with temperatures close to 80* and me with a designated driver, shit could get real weird.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:49 AM
I wonder how long “society’s going down the toilet, things used to be better” has been a thing, were there people living during the height of the Roman Empire complaining that 15 years earlier was the time to be?
Not surprising though that people usually associate the time when they were kids as being the best since they were mostly ignorant of the woes of the time
March 15th, 2013 at 10:50 AM
i don’t disagree with this. I also recall reading that some of the kids involved have parents who are influential within the community. In that of environment, that is often going to carry much more weight than even being on the football team.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:50 AM
Handball>squash>racquetball but they are all good…..
Never played paddle tennis…
March 15th, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Always and forever. The generation who fought WWI thought the generation who fought WWII was a lazy sack of shit. We now call that generation “the greatest.” I can already see myself doing this though, when I see kids where their pants past the curve of their ass and waddle just to keep them from falling. Drives me nuts every time I see it.
/get off my lawn’d
March 15th, 2013 at 10:52 AM
Agree totally. I’m not saying this is because they are football players in general. I’m saying it’s because they’re football players in that town. It’s a town-issue more than a football issue. I’m sure in some small towns the dance team or choir is all the rage and it could be treated the same way.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Queefer, I like you, but this is one of the stupidest statements I’ve ever read on this site.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
This is a long wordy way of saying you used to tie an onion to your belt
March 15th, 2013 at 10:54 AM
In any kind of environment that’s going to carry more weight. The fact that we don’t in any way shape or form have an equal or fairly stacked justice system is a much bigger issue than anything in discussion here, in my opinion.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Oh fucking christ.
wear, not where
March 15th, 2013 at 10:55 AM
well arent i embarrassed.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:55 AM
It was the 2nd dumbest behind the one about Saban not being a good coach. Can’t remember who said that one though.
March 15th, 2013 at 10:56 AM
Five Bees for a Quarter would make a fine bar trivia team nam
March 15th, 2013 at 10:58 AM
Got it wrong, Saban’s a good coach, not a great coach
/Queefer’d
March 15th, 2013 at 10:59 AM
We’ve rocked “My Badge Says Vadge” for about 8 years. It means absolutely nothing. Some dude came up with it in like 2 seconds way back and we’re too lazy to change it.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:01 AM
except that in this case, children are the main players, so exactly what period of time would you compare this to other than your own childhood? I will say that nothing happens in a vacum. Whatever is deemed acceptable by one generation becomes the norm in the next.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:02 AM
Can’t wait for the day when finger-raping chicks who are passed out is the norm. Should be good times.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Can’t get enough of this wretchedly sappy intro to the 1999 Masters using music from the friggin Lion King. The best part is when the really dramatic part of the music kicks in and Jim Nantz breathlessly reads off the names, “Lee Janzen! Davis Love the Third! Jose Maria Olazabal!” How can you not love Jim Nantz?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:05 AM
Very entertaining movie. Famke Janssen!
March 15th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
And of course the link fails for some reason.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:06 AM
It was legal for a man to rape his wife in this country until forty years ago, you know.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:07 AM
I’ve been gone too long. I could use a few nights at Old Monk now that the weather is nice.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:09 AM
No, something will happen in a small town and the entire town will be labeled a cesspool.
Who is going to escape punishment because they played football?
Stubenville has many of the same problems that face a thousand small towns, but to pretend like football is the only positive thing is that town just shows how much you’ve fallen into the media-created FNL narrative.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:10 AM
I forget the order that all these assholes came in but Plato and Socrates have each been quoted as saying to the effect of “kids these days suck”
March 15th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
That soundtrack was ahead of its time. Cleaned up at the Oscars that year.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:11 AM
I suppose every article I’ve read on the situation could be wrong. I haven’t been there myself, so you could be right, while everyone else could be wrong.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Queefer, the town of 16,000 has a football stadium that seats 10,000. I’m pretty sure that alone illustrates the issues at play here.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:12 AM
ok, you got me there. I was thinking more along the lines of what we accept in music, movies, tv, etc.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Better entertainment quality?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
haven’t checked. thing is, basketball posts are mostly video-related. so clicks plus you get linked up. not the case with MLB because of the video restrictions.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:19 AM
I believe that was mistranslated. Being ancient Greek men, what they actuallt said was “I’m gonna suck those kids one of these days.”
March 15th, 2013 at 11:20 AM
Well, there’s a university there, for starters. And the town has a really good school system. Is the town a thriving metropolis? No (although a lot of its residents are employed, just not in town). Neither are thousands of other small towns with football teams. But because Stubenville has a good football team, and a few members of that football team did something terrible, Stubenville is a football-obsessed shithole that cares about sports over rape.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:21 AM
I’ve always wondered about this, why doesn’t USA Today push for some kind of access given their joint venture thing? Having one blog with legit access to MLB videos would seem like a big benefit for them, unless MLB is just that dickish (shocking).
March 15th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Didn’t souvenircity debunk this notion? Hard to believe that MLB wouldn’t want a large media provider such as USA Today Sports to post video highlights.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:22 AM
Hahahahahahaha please PLEASE tell me you’re not referring to the tiny Franciscan Catholic school as some kind of point?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Real late, and only on comment 65, but Queefer is Queefering again.
/sad
//yep, the real sad
March 15th, 2013 at 11:25 AM
It’s part of our Metro technically, people commute to Pittsburgh and the Western PA shale formations from there.
However to act like it, and yes all the others like it, haven’t tanked when companies like Weirton pulled their jobs when the steel industry shipped overseas, is ludicrous.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:27 AM
Its not huge, but its also never mentioned because it destroys the “small dead industrial husk” picture that they want to paint.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Wasn’t Weirton STeel employee-owned?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:29 AM
I mean if you’ve got some larger beef with the fact that the media would prefer to look at a small town and cast it as a shithole as opposed to look at the murderfests many cities are becoming, then yeah I get that and agree it’s infuriating. But these towns ARE shitholes, and yes people take pride in football in this one, and the fact that it’s one of the most corrupt small towns in America doesn’t help the image that justice wasn’t as likely to be done until the story was blown up by people outside of the town.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:30 AM
Yeah, again, it’s not a thriving metropolis. But it’s not Braddock, either. Frankly, economics, not football, did far more to shape these kids’ actions.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:31 AM
It was, then went bankrupt and got bought up, company that bought it scaled back operations.
I’m sorry but it’s not really an incorrect picture to paint. If it’s being painted in a sense of elitism that’s something else, though.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:32 AM
The worst.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
That story reminds me of the town in Straw Dogs. The newer one, which was terrible
March 15th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
It’s not that I don’t think these towns are shitholes. It’s that I have a problem with the media painting a picture that everyone in these towns are corrupt soulless heathens who care more about football than rape. It’s lazy, incorrect, and infuriating.
I can’t imagine what its like for those townspeople. Call one sliver of the narrative into question and you’re immediately a loon who doesn’t care about the incident. You can want justice done and still strive for accuracy. These aren’t mutually exclusive items.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:34 AM
Queefer, the town of 16,000 has a football stadium that seats 10,000. I’m pretty sure that alone illustrates the issues at play here.
You have law enforcement that are fuckups and now a town is cast as a bunch of rape cover uppers b/c a small town with nothing to do and high unemployment likes football?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:35 AM
I don’t get why having a college matters at all though. Have you ever been to Elmira? Has a college, is one of the most abject places in the country. You’re reaching.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Serious question: if Stubenville’s football team sucked, is this a national story? Or, if the kids don’t play sports at all, is this a national story? I honestly don’t think so, and that’s what makes me mad. It’s a manufactured narrative. Which is a shame, because there’s plenty worth exploring here without trying to create some culture narrative.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:37 AM
Okay, guy.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
It’s not a national story if the videos and pictures don’t make it onto social media, I know that much.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
Also you’re infuriated because of the way PSU was painted and nothing else. That’s fine, just own it.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Not sure if I am okay with people calling town shitholes b/c of unemployment and such. Granted, I’d be from one of these “shitholes” but lot of salt of the earth people who take care of each other way more than some of these “awesome” yuppie development sprawlvilles. Just lock our doors when you come into our town so we dont pull you out and kill your family in your SUV.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
I think this is understood, and smart people understand that the entire town isn’t a cesspool. But it is obvious even to people living there the culture is centered around football and played a part in it all.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:43 AM
Wow. There’s not much to manufacture here. An online group made it viral and got the attention of the world. There is no narrative, just exposure
March 15th, 2013 at 11:44 AM
Yeah that’s fair, and I mean it’s not their fault that the industries collapsed and the jobs left. I’ve lived in and have family from lots of places that are littered with abandoned mills and factories and they are awfully depressing places to live.
Steubenville will benefit from the Marcellus formations in the area in the next few years, but the smaller towns in the rust belt haven’t had the chance to bounce back like Cleveland and Pittsburgh have because they simply aren’t big enough to command other economic avenues.
Well of course, outside of the two thousand person Ivy Of The MidWest that resides in their town.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:49 AM
This is far lazier than PSU. Key people within PSU at the very least ignored information that allowed a predator to continue raping boys. Drawing culture parallels from that is lazy, but doable. The media is painting an entire town based on the size of its football stadium. Completely absurd.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
One of the primary talking points about this story is the role of social media. It paints a sad portrait of our youth culture to have the events of that night broadcast all over social media as they were taking place.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:50 AM
BOY GOSH THOSE SALT OF THE EARTH FOLK HELP EACH OTHER OUT, and look at the football coach not thinking there’s any way they can get out of it!
March 15th, 2013 at 11:51 AM
Wow eat a dick Post Gazette, stupid copy and paste filter.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:53 AM
People in Chicago really like the Cubs. 500 people were murdered in Chicago last year. Baseball is to blame.
No one would ever draw that conclusion, and anyone who did would be endlessly ridiculed. Yet we have no problem doing that with Stubenville?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:54 AM
BOY GOSH THOSE SALT OF THE EARTH FOLK HELP EACH OTHER OUT, and look at the football coach not thinking there’s any way they can get out of it!
Nice bullshit and lazy comment. Drunk teenage criminals, the basis for all your logic arguements now. Whatever.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:55 AM
If Dale Sveum told each murderer that he would take care of it and make it go away then yeah I think it’s fair to bring baseball into the issue. Why wouldn’t it be?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:56 AM
I know one thing — we should always draw lasting conclusions about entire towns on the basis of drunk texts from teenagers
March 15th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
No I just find the “small town folk are the best folk” thing just as lazy as people from urban areas shitting on rednecks. Here’s the thing: most people, are inherently decent people, regardless of where they’re from or what kind of town they live in. There are sacks of shit everywhere too but they’re pretty heavily outnumbered, and the issue is whether a certain place enables sacks of shits to keep on keeping on with the sack of shittery.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Keep fucking that chicken, bro.
March 15th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Has there been anything on the state (feds?) investigating the police and sheriff depts? Maybe that has to wait for the trial to end?
March 15th, 2013 at 11:58 AM
For the record those weren’t while they were drunk.
March 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
The Department of Justice still has an active file going on the police there if I’m not mistaken, that’s not a generalization, they are absurdly corrupt – unrelated to the football – so I would imagine there’s going to be someone looking into it.
March 15th, 2013 at 12:00 PM
a certain place enables sacks of shits to keep on keeping on with the sack of shittery.
yeah I’d say where the police dept dont do their jobs and judges are fucked up and acquiesce to cronyism and not the law. If the cops here just did their job right the first time without the glare of outside media none of this would even be a fucking issue.
March 15th, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Apropos of nothing, I’m not sure if this has been mentioned on here, but the current mini-scandal going around in the soccer media of a reporter possibly stealing a story from a French soccer site that is basically like The Onion and passing it off as an exclusive, and then the paper doubling down on backing him and swearing it is real, is fascinating.
March 15th, 2013 at 12:18 PM
no one said football caused them to rape. football caused folks to cover up